Cold Spring vs St. Augusta

A side-by-side comparison of Cold Spring and St. Augusta: population, income, housing, and more.

Cold Spring and St. Augusta are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cold Spring has the higher population (4,201 vs 3,576 in St. Augusta). St. Augusta has the higher median household income ($116,384 vs $72,022 in Cold Spring). St. Augusta has the higher median home value ($323,400 vs $242,000 in Cold Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	St. Augusta
Population	4,201	3,576
Median age	40.9 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,022	$116,384
Median home value	$242,000	$323,400
Median gross rent	$1,297	$1,373
Housing units	1,802	1,200
Homeownership rate	68.9%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	St. Augusta
Population	4,189 → 4,201 (+0.3%)	3,720 → 3,576 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$61,548 → $72,022 (+17.0%)	$85,521 → $116,384 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $242,000 (+42.1%)	$228,400 → $323,400 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,297 (+37.7%)	$947 → $1,373 (+45.0%)

Cold Spring

Population

4,1894,201

Median household income

$61,548$72,022

Median home value

$170,300$242,000

Median gross rent

$942$1,297

St. Augusta

Population

3,7203,576

Median household income

$85,521$116,384

Median home value

$228,400$323,400

Median gross rent

$947$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	St. Augusta
Under 5	8.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.1%
75 and over	13.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	St. Augusta
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	St. Augusta
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	25.6%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	St. Augusta
Drove alone	86.7%	88.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	St. Augusta
1-unit, detached	65.1%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	15.4%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	St. Augusta
Poverty rate	9.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.38	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1990	2002